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Around the Water Cooler: Rain Barrels Make Me Happy
By Sarah Blau This rain barrel in the Carrboro Town Commons brought a smile to my face. Catching runoff from a downspout, it provides water for the nearby landscaping. I recently attended an outdoor...
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By: Lahne Mattas-Curry I came across this little gem the other day while working to promote EPA’s water science research. A sci-fi novel set in a wastewater treatment plant? Brilliant. And the...
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Street Trees: More than Meets the Eye
By Marguerite Huber There is more to street trees than meets the eye. Ever since I took an urban forestry course in graduate school, I can’t help but always look at trees. I look at their bark, their...
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Helping Cleveland Communities
By Marguerite Huber Turning a vacant lot into a rain garden. EPA researchers are turning vacant lots in Cleveland, Ohio into field research sites for exploring the effectiveness of tapping green...
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Take Cover! (With Vegetation)
By Marguerite Huber Take cover! It’s a phrase you yell to protect against something headed your way. But did you ever think that phrase could be applied to pollutants? Well, it can – vegetative cover...
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EPA Releases Resource to Help Guide Green Infrastructure
By Lahne Mattas-Curry Rain barrel captures roof runoff in Santa Monica, CA. (Copyright Abby Hall, US EPA) Imagine you are a municipal sewer system operator in an urban area. You probably would be well...
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Willingness to Pay for Green Space
By Marguerite Huber How much are you willing to pay for the benefits of low impact development? Have you ever taken an economics course? If so, you probably studied the concept of “willingness to pay,”...
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Around the Water Cooler: Green Infrastructure Research All-STARs
This post originally appeared on EPA’s Healthy Waters for the Mid-Atlantic Region blog. by Ken Hendrickson and Jennie Saxe An example of green infrastructure to help in managing urban stormwater. A few...
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Tri, Tri, Tri Again for Clean Water
By Marguerite Huber and Dustin Renwick From the left, cyclist Marguerite Huber, runner Dustin Renwick, and would-be swimmer Sarah Edwards. When athletes register for a race, they invest money, time,...
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Join us to Chat About Green Infrastructure
By Aaron Ferster Rain + pavement = stormwater runoff. Rain can fall as a drizzle, a steady patter, or a deluge. It can bring life to crops, recharge aquifers, and douse wildfires. But in many instances...
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